Chinese symbol for “curtail”
缩短
suō duǎn
Traditional: 縮短
to shorten; to reduce; to curtail
The closest CC-CEDICT match for curtail is 缩短 (suō duǎn), defined as: to shorten; to reduce; to curtail.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “curtail”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 缩短.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缩小 (縮小) | suō xiǎo | to reduce; to decrease; to shrink |
| 压缩 (壓縮) | yā suō | to compress; compression |
| 收缩 (收縮) | shōu suō | to pull back; to shrink |
| 缩写 (縮寫) | suō xiě | abbreviation; to abridge |
| 紧缩 (緊縮) | jǐn suō | (economics) to reduce; to curtail |
| 短期 | duǎn qī | short-term |
| 短片 | duǎn piàn | short film; video clip |
| 短暂 (短暫) | duǎn zàn | of short duration; brief; momentary |
See also: Japanese symbol for “curtail”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.